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The historical integrity of this bridge is a great bonus. The demolished Ratner Road bridge a few miles downstream also had amazing historic integrity. I regret that my fellow Bridgehunters did not get to see it. I am glad that they can see this one though. Both of these bridges are/were very underrated due to their obscurity.

This is really a fascinating bridge. The vertical members on this bridge are not truly vertical. I cannot recall seeing another bridge exactly like this one, but I have only evaluated a relatively small number of open spandrel bridges.

I had the pleasure of first meeting the Dog there then the owner who stopped me from running away from the dog and was more than happy to share the history of the bridge with me as she was instrumental in saving this historical site.

This bridge has been replaced, but will be preserved due to its status as a historic bridge.

The new Wanamaker Road Bridge was built on a new alignment. To visit the old bridge, I would recommend taking the new road from the North and then turning left onto the old alignment as shown in the first street view.

I lived in a converted one room school house at the southeast end/side of this bridge over the Wakarusa River from 1951 through 1959. What a great area to live and grow up in. I played, fished and hunted my time away at the river and in the woods.